Catching up with the Girls

On Sunday my friend Val, Hannah and I popped up to Hastings to meet up with our stitching friends for a pre Christmas catch up and birthday celebrations, three of the ladies celebrate their birthdays this week!

We had a lovely lunch at the Serendipity Cafe, oh my, their custard slices are so divine! I so enjoy spending time with these wonderful friends, very blessed. Clare was unable to join us on Sunday so we're planning a catch up when the holidays start.

Afterwards there was time for a bit of Christmas shopping followed by a fresh berry ice cream on the way home.

I can now share a few of the stitched gifts I made for the ladies - these were all stitched over winter.

For Lisa, Naughty or Nice by Lizzie Kate

                                                    

Kath's 2020 ornament, Santa's Helper by Mosey n Me. Kath stitched this design for me many years ago and it's been on my To Stitch list for ages.

                                                 

For Wendy, I made a little ditty bag using a stitched piece by La D Da.

I also gave Kath a stitched pin/scissor cushion. This cute design is by Misty from Luminous Fibre Arts.

See you soon x

Stitch Maynia Week 2

Stitch Maynia Week 2 done and dusted and how fast the weeks seem to be going!

8th May - roof stitching on Kringles by Little House Needleworks. I'm using 32ct smokey white belfast linen and I think its going to take a few good stitching sessions to complete the roof!

10th May - #santasundayxs, Part 3 finished on Jack Frost Tree Farm, Family Fun, my fabric is 36 count Wren by Picture this Plus

11th May - #merrymondayxs, a little bit more on Peppermint Pals

 12th May - a new start, My Friend by La D Da, this was club kit from the Silver Needle

14th May - a new start, Sew Tweet by Luminous Fibre Arts.

Luminous Fibre Arts charts can be purchased as pdfs from here - there's some real cute ones!

See you soon x

Sampler Hare

A recent finish is this little cutie by La-D-Da, Sampler Hare. My friend Clare had given me the pattern and kit for a birthday gift last year and I started it straight away. But for some reason or another I never finished it.

A few weeks ago, around about Easter time, I pulled it out from my stitching basket and finished the stitching part. Then it was a matter of sewing it all together, all the supplies apart from the stuffing were included and the instructions were pretty straight forward to follow. The most fiddly part was getting some stuffing into the ear lol.  The little tail was made by pulling threads from the cross stitch fabric.

There is now another companion bunny for this one, Sweet Pea, which I'll have to buy sometime.

See you soon xx

Stitchey Update

Hello folks, well, another weekend is almost over, and its been another fun one, a little less hectic than previous ones due to some rainy weather but we still managed to cross off our list some more outside jobs and plan a new project for DH to work on - a sandpit for Miss H, she's going to love it!


I'm nursing a very sore finger on my right hand at the moment - there's been some serious hand sewing going on lately as I get close to end of Hannah's hexagon quilt so I've got a few punctures where the needle keeps on hitting but the end is in sight so I'll keep on perservering with it :)


I've finished up another part on Christmas Rules this past week too, my favourite saying so far I think :)

I spotted this freebie recently and couldn't resist starting it the other night, it was a favourite rhyme from my childhood and Hannah enjoys it too. You can find it via this blog

Well, I'd better scoot as DH's parents are on their way to visit with us. Have a great day!

~Katrina~